Walker v. Walker

John G. "Walker, of North Carolina, the plaintiff, by power of attorney dated September, 1866, appointed the defendant his agent to attend to and settle all his business in Tennessee.

In pursuance of this authority, it appears from the proof in this ease, that early in February, 1867, the defendant collected of one Shaw $2,391, paid to a son-in-law $250, as directed, leaving -a balance in his hands of $2,141, which was invested in a check, drawn by one Geo. Trotter, on New York. Trotter was a commission merchant in good standing, having unlimited credit at the time, and the confidence of all…